Baling-press



' UNITED STATES #PATENT OFFICE.

PETER REEDERIGK, oF ALBANY, NEW YORK. Y

sPEcIFIcATIoN forming perf of Letters patent No. aegavardetea February 1o, 1880.

rApplication filed August 2l, 1879.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER K. DEDERIGK, of Albany, Albany county, New `York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in BalingPresses; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, andeXact description of the same, rreference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specication, in which- Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section 5 Fig. 2, a top plan, and Fig. 3 a modification of the gate and pitman.

Similar letters of `reference in the several igures denote the same parts;V

My improvements relate to thatV class of presses :iatented to me October 29, 1872, No.

132,566 and No. 132,639, and the various improvements and modifications of the same for' which I have been granted patents sincetliat date, and relate more particularly to p such of those presses as combine the horse-power and press in one machine, and in wlichthe horsev passes under the `operating 'connections between the power and traverser.

It should be observed that in this machine I apply the power of the crank or toggle ina line directly, or nearly so, with Vthe center ot' the traverser 0r resistance, and use an arched slide or gate to span the'passage for the'horse. 'Iheframe of the press is alsov arched or framed so as to allow the horse'topass under the operating connections instead-ot" over them, `as in the presses referred to above.

'A is the press-box; B, the bale-chamber O,

the hopper; D D, the timbers which connect" the press with the power,andbetween which the hopper or feed-orifice is located. E is the power-frame; Fis a rod. chain, or other equivalent connection Aextending from .thepress to the power underneath the horse-passage. G is a slide-bar to hold the rod or `chain down during the pressing operation, and also to hold it.

` `on a truck, as shown. The lever M' rotates frame, by which it is guided in its movements.`

The other end of the gate H is firmly secured to the traverser L, and the gate itself forms .an arch of 'equal height with the connectiontimbers I)A D, and works between them. The crank or power shaft I passes through the powerframe, and is extended r'provided with an extension, which passes through the sweep andthe lu g-plate and into the bolster, and may also pass entirely through both bolster and axle., so` as tolform a king-bolt. Thus the connection between the pressanti truck passes through the 4sweep or horse-lever, and acts as the journal yfor.thesame One end ofthe rod F is also secured to or near this extension, and the other tothe press body. When the machine is used without trucks the extension may rest in a step or box, or the shaftmay turn on a pivot or rest under the shaft" The advantage of thisarrangement of supporting the press at .oneeud through or bymeans of the power- 'shaft is that itmay be operated bythe horselever rotated around underneath the press, the'circle orpath traveled by. the horses being ingconnections. .'Ihe rod F and"y the connection-timbers' constitutea direct connection between thep'ress `and power in the form of a stirrup, the power end being the base or rest of the power, and the pressend the resistance.` I have found it possible, by the free use of` 4truss-rods, to so strengthen and stiffen the connection-timbers D D as to dispense with the .rods F; but such construction requires more weight and expense inthe machineand is not as satisfactory in operation. All other parts of this press are constructed in a manner similar to all of this class of presses, as shown and described in my preceding patents; hence `it is unnecessary to describe them particularly herein. l

In orderY to'accumulate power in compact y entirelyrv free vfrom the bridges or other obstrucf tions ordinarily employed to coverrthe operatbaling, I also propose to apply my eccentric or oval gear-power, as shown in myPateut No. 132,639, October 29, 1872, above referred to.

Inthis case the power-shaft might be hollow,

and the connection between the press andk truck pass through it or he pivoted in it. The

` gate H andk pitman K might also be connected rigidly, as shown' in Fig. 3, and thusl'orni together an arched pitman. t In this case the pitman, as the entire pitman must vibrate if properly connected, andk there couldbe no supporting-slides.k

- In operation, the horse is attached to thc -hor-se-leverand made to pass entirely around i i arched-gate ofthe pitlnan.

the two wheels of the truck in afnll circleand under the arched frame of the press and The hay is pitched in and pressedy in sections, eachround ofthe horse pressingaseetion, and the operation is continued as described in all the preceding patents of this class hereinabove referred to. In moving the press the sweep or horselever maybe connected by. a .chain to the bale-chamber or press end, thus forming a reach, or it might be used for a pole to the truck,iifdesired.- i t i ln the Letters Patent granted me February 11870, antedatcd August l, 1869, No. 99,295,

is shown a mounted press in which the horse passes between the press and capstan and around two of the wheels of the truck; butin this rcase the horse-power and press are twodistinctmachines, and the press shown is pro vided with a progressive power independent of the capstan or horse-power, which is simply an auxiliary power, and not a part of press-power proper, and the horse passes over the connection between them.

In the press shown in Letters Patent'granted me March 1S, 1879, No. 213,280, the horse rotates a lever over and around a pair of truckwheels,and passes under timbers which connect the power tothe press; but in this construction, as in the one shown in the l patent, the press and power are two machines connected, and the press is provided with a complete power of its own, so as to be operated equally well bya belt from any motors; hence in both constructions the press proper is all at one side of the horse-circuit, and the horse siniply makes a circuit of an auxiliary power mounted on the forward truck, and merely passes under the timber connecting the two machines,but under no part of either machine c proper.

Inthe present application the power-frame and press constitute one machine, the'base or support of the power ybeingon the truckover i which the horse-leverk rotates, and the power exerted in the press-.chamber on the other truck, ano the two connected so kas to form an nnyielding frame and one machine, and

so as to admit of the horse passing under he tween the trucks to complete a circuit.

The axle under the power end ofk the press maybe used either i as the forward or rear axle of the truck; but I prefer to make it the forward axle.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patentt t t 1. The combination and connection of the truck and frame ofthe press by means of the power-shaft, `as set forth.

2. The combination ofthe sweep or horse-lc-- ver with the power-shaft that passes through 3. Ina horizontal balingpress, the power end l`of the same, elevated. and supported through or by means of the power-shaft, whereby the sweep or horsedever isk rotated underneaththe frame of the press, as set forth.

said sweepk and connects the truck and the frame ofthe presssnbstantiailyasdescribed. c

4. In a horizontal baling-press, the combi` nation of the horselever,rotatedas set forth, with the arched frameorconnection between the base or'foot of the power and the resistance or bale-chamber, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. In a baling-press in which the horse-le n ver or sweep is rotated underneath the frame, as set forth, the rod or equivalent connection F, connecting the press-chamberand thepower IOO IOS 

